Summary
- Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is a degenerative disease with symptoms including depression, memory loss, and dementia.
- Research suggests CTE is caused by repeated head trauma, leading to studies focusing on NFL players.
- O.J. Simpson’s family refused to donate his brain for CTE research, opting to cremate his body instead.
- Simpson passed away at 76 after battling prostate cancer, leaving behind five children.
- Despite previous legal battles, Simpson was found not guilty of murder in 1995 but liable in a civil trial in 1997.